Zambia
Eastern Province
SOUTH LUANGWA
Elephants @ Kapani Lodge
Friday December 9th, 2016
We had just turned off on to the road to our camp site and noticed a single bull elephant sitting in the bushes. We parked up, turned off the truck and within 5 minutes we had about 30 of the majestic creatures just meandering around the vehicle.
The thing that struck me is that for such a large animal, they can travel in near silence. The only sounds we heard was the sound of rustling tree & bush branches, as they brushed up against them while moving through the scrub. One of our guides mentioned that they could be a silent killer, but they try and avoid conflict by the use of trumpeting and a couple of "warning" charges.
